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French cinema: 1970s (Page 2 of 15)

L’Attentat (1972)

Yves Boisset

Sadiel, a prominent rebel leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup d’état. Aware of the threat still posed by Sadiel, the ruthless Colonel Kassar contacts the French security services and tries to enlist their help in capturing the political activist... [More...]

Attention, les enfants regardent (1978)

Serge Leroy

While their parents are away enjoying a holiday in Ireland, four children, aged between five and thirteen years, are placed in the care of a Spanish governess. The children’s ambivalence for the authoritarian governess turns to outright hatred when she sends them to bed early so that she can entertain a boyfriend... [More...]

L’Aventure, c’est l’aventure (1972)

Claude Lelouch

Realising that times have changed, five unscrupulous crooks decide it is time for a reappraisal of their line of business. Prostitutes are demanding the right to strike, workers now dismiss their bosses rather than the other way round, and the world is being refashioned by political and social revolutions... [More...]

Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973)

Gérard Oury

In his hurry to get to his daughter’s wedding, industrialist Victor Pivert forces his chauffeur, Salomon, to drive his car off the road and into a lake. Salomon chooses this awkward moment to reveal that he is a Jew and cannot give his employer any further assistance until the Sabbath has passed... [More...]

L’Aveu (1970)

Costa-Gavras

Gérard has been a loyal supporter of communism for all his adult life, serving in the French Resistance during the Second World War and supporting the civil war in Spain. Now, in 1951, he is the deputy minister for foreign affairs in Czechoslovakia. One day, he discovers that he is being followed, and, shortly after he is arrested and taken away to a makeshift prison... [More...]

Les Aveux les plus doux (1971)

Edouard Molinaro

Jean Dubreuil agrees to help a friend rob a circus. Jean manages to get the money as planned but everything goes wrong when his friend badly injures a circus employee who ran after them. Whilst his friend escapes, Jean is arrested. Inspectors Muller and Borelli are put in charge of the case. Jean pretends to be innocent, insisting that his friend is the sole culprit... [More...]

Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès (1972)

René Vautier

In 1961, a group of pacifist Bretons are sent to fight in France’s war against Algeria. Reluctant warriors, they are moulded into killing machines by the inspirational lieutenant Perrin and soon find their first taste of conflict. One of the group continues to rebel against the folly of the war and goes on the run with an Algerian prisoner... [More...]

Le Bal du comte d’Orgel (1970)

Marc Allégret

In the aftermath of WWI, the people of Paris have just one thought: to enjoy life and forget all those lost years. Two such merrymakers are the Count of Orgel and his wife, the Countess Mahé. At the circus one evening, this couple meet François de Seyrieuse and invite him and his friend Paul Robin to one of the lavish soirées at their castle... [More...]

La Ballade des Dalton (1978)

René Goscinny

The villainous Dalton brothers are a few days into their 2,400 year-long prison sentence when they learn of the death of their Uncle Henry. Before he was hung for his many crimes, Henry wrote a will in which he left the Daltons his entire fortune, provided they kill the eight jury members and the judge who sentenced him to death... [More...]

Barocco (1976)

André Téchiné

A young woman, Laure, plans to go abroad with her boyfriend, the boxer Samson, after having profited from a huge bribe in a seedy electoral campaign. However, before they can leave the country, Samson is killed by a stranger who bears an uncanny physical resemblance to Samson. Laure is haunted by the killer but, litle by little, she begins to find herself attracted towards him... [More...]

La Bête (1975)

Walerian Borowczyk

To safeguard the future of his country estate, the Marquis de l’Esperance arranges a marriage between his son, Mathurin, and an English heiress, Lucy Broadhurst. Whilst the Marquis is putting pressure, unsuccessfully, on the Duc De Balo, to get his brother the cardinal to attend the wedding mass, Lucy arrives with her aunt... [More...]

Les Bidasses en folie (1971)

Claude Zidi

Five friends – Jean-Guy, Phil, Gérard, Luis and Jean – are united by a single passion, to form a rock band. First they need money to buy the musical instruments, so they set about getting work. This proves to be a disaster, but the boys persevere, and with a little help from a friend, Crème, they win a talent contest... [More...]

Les Bidasses s’en vont en guerre (1974)

Claude Zidi

Gérard, Phil, Jean and Jean-Guy soon realise that they are not cut out for military service. Their lack of discipline and unerring aptitude for mucking things up lands them in the military prison, where it looks as if they will stay until they are released back into civilian life. When a lorry crashes into their cell, they decide to take a holiday and head for the countryside... [More...]

Black Moon (1975)

Louis Malle

An adolescent young woman, Lily, is making her way across war-ravaged countryside. She witnesses an execution of a dozen or so women by armed soldiers and narrowly escapes capture. She arrives at an isolated house which appears to be deserted, until she discovers a bedridden old woman. A young man and woman appear – but Lily seems to be unable to communicate with them... [More...]

Le Bon et les méchants (1976)

Claude Lelouch

This is the story of Jacques, a young car mechanic who dreams of becoming a professional boxer, and his kind-hearted Jewish friend, Simon. In the 1930s, the two men steal a car with a powerful engine that can outrun any other road vehicle and embark on a life of crime – robbing banks and acting as latter day highwaymen... [More...]

La Bonne année (1973)

Claude Lelouch

Simon is released from prison after having served a seven year stretch for an audacious jewel robbery at Cannes in 1966. He returns to Paris, hoping to meet up with his accomplice, Charlot (who managed to escape with the stolen jewels) and a young antique dealer, Françoise, with whom he is hoping to start a new life... [More...]

Bons baisers de Hong Kong (1975)

Yvan Chiffre

On the eve of an official visit to Hong Kong, the Queen of England mysteriously disappears. The head of the British secret services, M, immediately orders that James Bond be assigned to find the missing monarch. When his secretary reminds him that Bond has been dead for three years, M contacts his French homologue, Vannier, who agrees to put his best agents on the case... [More...]

Borsalino (1970)

Jacques Deray

Marseilles, 1930. A young crook, Siffredi, leaves jail after serving a six month prison sentence, to find his girlfriend in the arms of another man, Capella. After the inevitable brawl, the two men agree to join forces with the aim of becoming the most notable crime syndicate in Marseilles. Their growing success begins to earn them some dangerous enemies amongst the incumbent gangster community..... [More...]

Borsalino & Co. (1974)

Jacques Deray

1930s Marseilles. Having attended to the funeral of his friend, Capella, gangster king Roch Siffredi sets about trying to find his killer. Disposing of Capella’s murderer proves to be easy, but the latter has a brother, Volpone, who in turn intends to take his revenge on Siffredi. To that end, Volpone sets out to take control of Marseilles, killing all who get in his way... [More...]

Le Boucher (1970)

Claude Chabrol

At the wedding of a colleague in a rural French town, school headmistress Hélène meets the local butcher Paul Thomas, nicknamed Popaul. The two become close friends, but Hélène is reluctant to start a love affair because she has yet to get over a disastrous relationship that ended ten years ago... [More...]

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